A study has demonstrated that prednisolone does not improve a sense of smell after COVID-19. During the corona pandemic, more and more people noticed that they could not smell or taste after having been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The authors recommend not to prescribe prednisolone for patients with persistent smell and/or taste disorders after…
Proteins are at the forefront of therapeutic targets to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The proteins that are on the surface of the virus and/or are involved in its replication are the preferred therapeutic targets, like the Spike protein are targeted by vaccines. The Spike protein is the best known, which is located on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 and gives it…
The Health Journalists Network in partnership with Citizens News (CNS) and other journalists media organisations was part of the 2nd Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 (WAAW 2022), an annual conference observed worldwide during 18-24 November. WAAW is a global campaign, celebrated annually to improve awareness and understanding of Antimicrobial…
The African Traditional Medicine Day took place on Wednesday 31 August 2022. Dr Jane Namukobe from Uganda has a background in natural products chemistry. She has worked on drug formulation and drug discovery from medicinal plants. She was interviewed by HEJNU Founder Esther Nakkazi and here are the details: What are some of the herbal medicines you are…
As a respiratory disease, COVID-19 infection mainly affects the lungs. While most people recover completely, a significant number of individuals experience symptoms that can persist for weeks or months post COVID infection, sometimes referred to as ‘long-COVID’. It remains unclear whether these symptoms are associated with any long-term damage that reduces the function of the…
A litany of issues preventing people in low and middle-income countries from accessing COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments have been misrepresented as vaccine hesitancy, according to new report from Matahari Global Solutions, the People’s Vaccine Alliance, and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC). Researchers studying communities in fourteen low and middle income countries and territories…
Surgeons are now offering clients an option of having endoscopy and laparoscopic surgery, which are relatively new in Uganda but have been in existence for decades in other countries. The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed on a human patient was done in 1987 by the French physician Mouret. This was after 1986, following the development of a…
Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) is in collaboratory network with other researchers to find a cure for HIV. An HIV cure includes both remission and eradication. Remission is the durable control of virus in the absence of any ongoing antiretroviral therapy (ART). Eradication is the complete removal of intact and rebound-competent virus. Under the HOPE Collaboratory Network, MUWRP…
In November last year the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) released a report Trust in Our Nation: Building Effective Governance and Partnership Systems for National Development. The report said in Ugandan development context, it is easy to be suspicious and cynical of one another’s motives and behaviours, a situation which is not surprising due to a…
The Panel for a Global Public Health Convention (GPHC) – an independent coalition of global leaders and former heads of state, including John Mahama, Former President of Ghana – proposed a bold path forward in a new Call to Action to dramatically strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response through a new Pandemic Treaty. The panel aims to…